Thursday, December 30th, 2021
Citizen’s portal helps settle pre-partition land dispute
ISLAMABAD, DEC 30 (DNA) — The Pakistan Citizen’s Portal (PCP) seems to be serving its intended purpose as it lately helped settle a ten decades old land dispute. A former bureaucrat, Ahsan Malik filed a complaint with the portal seeking the prime minister’s help in resolving a long-running dispute involving a piece of land in Punjab’s Khushab. The complainant, who served as federal secretary, said that he got back possession of the property that had been under illegal occupation after he lodged a complaint on the portal. The Khushab revenueRead More
‘Don’t sell Pakistan’: Opposition up in arms as govt introduces ‘mini budget’ in NA
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Thursday presented the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2021 — or the mini-budget as the opposition calls it — in the National Assembly (NA) amid uproar from the opposition benches. The bill was originally scheduled to be presented in parliament on Wednesday but the cabinet had deferred its approval due to desiring a “threadbare discussion” on it. The bill’s approval is necessary to ensure Pakistan’s sixth review of the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility gets cleared by the International Monetary Fund’s executive board on January 12, paving theRead More
Promising prospects for Pakistan to attract Chinese investment, FDI
BEIJING, DEC 30 /DNA/ – There are promising prospects for Pakistan to attract Chinese investment (FDI), says a report carried by Gwadar Pro on Thursday. China, whose friendship with Pakistan is deeper than oceans and higher than the Himalayas, is investing billions of dollars in Pakistan that has the potential to revive the economy and bring state-of-the-art technologies to its industries. The investment in all sectors will start a new era of bilateral relations between the two countries. In order to attract foreign investment, especially Chinese investors, it is paramountRead More
Pakistan strongly condemns India’s unrelenting killing spree in IIOJK
ISLAMABAD /DNA/ – Pakistan strongly condemned the extra-judicial killing of six Kashmiri youth in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) by the Indian occupation forces in the last two days. In the escalating campaign of repression in IIOJK, including fake encounters and so-called cordon-and-search-operations, at least 24 Kashmiris have been martyred in the month of December so far. Equally reprehensible are the continuing human rights violations in IIOJK, including arbitrary detentions, humiliation and harassment of Kashmiris. The international community must take cognizance of the deteriorating situation in IIOJK andRead More
7th Edition of Pakistan Int’l Mountain Film Festival Launched Online
ISLAMABAD, DEC 30 /DNA/ – Featuring 16 films from 12 countries, the 7th edition of the Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival is launching from December 29 to 30, 2021. The variety of films in the festival ranges from nature and wildlife documentaries to short animated films. The films in the festival also cover a range of topics from climate change, mental health problems caused by climate migration in Gilgit-Baltistan, women’s rights in Iran, and deforestation.Festival Chairman and Director Wajahat Malik expressed his satisfaction in continuing the tradition of curating someRead More
PTCL Launches Huawei Managed CloudCampus Solution
Karachi: – Huawei Technologies Pakistan and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) launched the PTCL-Huawei Managed CloudCampus Solution with which enterprises will be empowered to run critical applications with complete security and ensured data privacy at their disposal. Not only so, enhanced performance will be delivered with higher capacity bandwidth, network visibility, and a seamless on-ramp to the cloud with significant application performance. he event was attended by Mr. Zarrar Khan, the group CBSO of PTCL Business Solutions, Mr. Faisal Anwar, CIO, UBL, Mr. Azeem Siddiqui, Head of IT, OneLink, Mr. SalmanRead More